The Java 7 platform has finally been release as a final version. This is an important release for Oracle as they have made no major updates since December 2006. In addition, this is the first release for Oracle since they acquired Sun Microsystems in April 2009 for close to 7.4 billion dollars.
The release is the first in five years, a point that did not escape the attention of Oracle's chief Java architect Mark Reinhold when a release candidate was made available earlier in July.
Oracles aim is to remove uncertainties about Java’s future. Oracle gave particular focus on this during a press release, declaring that Java SE 7 is the result of a large industrial development with collaboration taking place between Oracle engineers and members of the OpenJDK community.
The release includes improved support for dynamic languages, multicore-compatible APIs, and additional networking and security features. Oracle said in a statement it is the culmination of "industry-wide development involving open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem".
The interaction possibilities with files systems have been improved, network security functions have been added and software libraries have been updated to support Unicode 6.0.
However, the Apache Lucene search engine project management committee (PMC) warned on Thursday that Java SE7 contained bugs that could cause a Java Virtual Machines (JVM) to crash or affect applications.
Oracle has also assured users that this new system will be compatible with previous versions of the platform and has invited developers to use version 7 of the development environment integrated into NetBeans, Eclipse Indigo with the Java SE 7 plug-in or IntelliJ IDEA 10.5. Compatibility of Java SE7 functions is planned to be released later in the year for Oracle JDeveloper.
Oracle has also assured users that this new system will be compatible with previous versions of the platform and has invited developers to use version 7 of the development environment integrated into NetBeans, Eclipse Indigo with the Java SE 7 plug-in or IntelliJ IDEA 10.5. Compatibility of Java SE7 functions is planned to be released later in the year for Oracle JDeveloper.
Oracle is in a patent dispute with Google over Google's implementation of the Java-based Dalvik virtual machine used in Android.
DDulaney told ZNet UK
"Java has had a long runway to dominate the mobile space and while it was prevalent for a time, most developers have shied away from it. Even strong backers like RIM and Nokia have begun to move to HTML and JavaScript as the preferred development language,"
. "Oracle has far too much to worry about, and Java, while it continues to be a force in many other types of platforms, is gradually losing the mindshare of the developer in mobile."
Oracle's decision to take small steps is probably wise as Java has such a large enterprise following. Oracle claims 97 per cent of enterprise desktops run Java and says the software framework has nine million developers worldwide, so baby steps are the order of the day.
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